There is a cumulative effect of fan-unfriendly events in recent years (clear bag non-sense, body scans at some Pac-12 venues, price gouging on tickets and especially parking, and hotel prices, ever more Pac-12 looong looong after dark, and on it goes), which was significantly exacerbated this year by a widespread move to e-ticketing. I w…
There is a cumulative effect of fan-unfriendly events in recent years (clear bag non-sense, body scans at some Pac-12 venues, price gouging on tickets and especially parking, and hotel prices, ever more Pac-12 looong looong after dark, and on it goes), which was significantly exacerbated this year by a widespread move to e-ticketing. I wound up in position of trying to get a surplus ticket to an attractive OSU home game (Utah), a Cal game (OSU at Cal was not "unattractive" at the time), and the LA Bowl, and I couldn't give them away (never mind resell them). Multiple people who historically would have been reasonable possibilities stated that its too much hassle, and they just weren't going to deal with it.
I do know it was a source of stress (ever try to get adequate connectivity anywhere near most stadiums on game day), in part due to terribly written apps, every week, and sometimes worse.
Some may scoff at this (including, as we have found out, athletic ticket office personnel who dismiss complaints and requests for relief), but for a significant number of the customer base that is none too large and shrinking, its real.
This was the latest in a recent run of things (some of which noted above) where the attitude has become clear that college football fans will put up with anything and everything, and some more susshine pumping is all that's needed to get tickets sold. Evidence is clear that is not the case.
There is a cumulative effect of fan-unfriendly events in recent years (clear bag non-sense, body scans at some Pac-12 venues, price gouging on tickets and especially parking, and hotel prices, ever more Pac-12 looong looong after dark, and on it goes), which was significantly exacerbated this year by a widespread move to e-ticketing. I wound up in position of trying to get a surplus ticket to an attractive OSU home game (Utah), a Cal game (OSU at Cal was not "unattractive" at the time), and the LA Bowl, and I couldn't give them away (never mind resell them). Multiple people who historically would have been reasonable possibilities stated that its too much hassle, and they just weren't going to deal with it.
I do know it was a source of stress (ever try to get adequate connectivity anywhere near most stadiums on game day), in part due to terribly written apps, every week, and sometimes worse.
Some may scoff at this (including, as we have found out, athletic ticket office personnel who dismiss complaints and requests for relief), but for a significant number of the customer base that is none too large and shrinking, its real.
This was the latest in a recent run of things (some of which noted above) where the attitude has become clear that college football fans will put up with anything and everything, and some more susshine pumping is all that's needed to get tickets sold. Evidence is clear that is not the case.